Reduction in Hospitalization and Expense for Diarrhea Patients by Demonstration of Appropriate Self-administration of Oral Rehydration Salt Solution

ธารา รัตนอำนวยศิริ; Thara Rattana-amnuaysiri; นาตยา ศรีทอง; Nattaya Srithong;
Date: 2551
Abstract
Among people developing diarrhea, some take oral rehydration salt solution, but most did not know the proper amounts to drink. After drinking some amounts of a salt solution without recovering, they came to the hospital. Formerly, during the hospital visits, they never received information what amounts of the salt solution they should take. This study revealed that, with the practice of demonstration for the 2,704 diarrhea cases seen in the period from June 2005 to May 2006, only five patients (0.18%) needed intravenous fluid and only 254 patients were hospitalized, while in previous years (June 2004 - May 2005)the in-patients numbered 559 (Jun 2004-May 2005), dropping to 254 admitted cases in the following year (Jun 2005-May 2006); this saved a lot of expense for the hospital. It is necessary for the health-care provider to demonstrate how much of oral rehydration salt solution is needed when one has diarrhea.
Copyright ผลงานวิชาการเหล่านี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของสถาบันวิจัยระบบสาธารณสุข หากมีการนำไปใช้อ้างอิง โปรดอ้างถึงสถาบันวิจัยระบบสาธารณสุข ในฐานะเจ้าของลิขสิทธิ์ตามพระราชบัญญัติสงวนลิขสิทธิ์สำหรับการนำงานวิจัยไปใช้ประโยชน์ในเชิงพาณิชย์
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